Ragi Soup

Ragi Soup

A hot pot of ragi soup to meet your calcium needs and also to keep you healthy ,if you are looking for any kind of soup for weight management purpose ,then you should definitely try this. As there are lot of vegetables added to this ,it provides you with all nutrients. For this cold winter ,you can try healthy ragi soup. It can be given to all age groups from 1 year to elderly person,as it’s rich in nutrients and can be easily digestible.And also if you are looking for any kind of diet for weight loss then you can even consume a bowl of this soup for dinner ,as it has got all nutrients and also carbohydrates to keep you energised.

Ingredients:

Category:Vegetarian | Cusine : India | Course: Soup

PrepTime : 10 Minutes |Cooking Time: 30 Minutes | Serves: 4

Ragi :1/3 Cup

Water :700 ml +100 ml

Onion:1 Big finely Chopped

Garlic:1 Tbsp finely Chopped

Ginger:1 Tbsp finely Chopped

Carrot: 1 finely Chopped

French Beans: 6-7 finely Chopped

Capsicum: 1/4 Cup chopped

Cabbage:1/3 cup chopped

Fresh/ Frozen Green Peas:1/2 Cup

Green Chilly:1 Chopped

Coriander leaves :2 Tbsp

Black Pepper Powder: 1 Tsp or as required

Lemon Juice:1 Tbsp

Salt: to taste

Bay leaf:1

Cloves:2

Cinnamon:1″ inch Stick

Butter/Oil :1/2 Tbsp

Method:

Warm 100 ml water ,add ragi flour make it a paste and keep it aside.

Heat Butter/ oil in a wok,add onion,ginger garlic and saute it till raw smell goes off ad bay leaf,cloves and cinnamon stick saute and add all the chopped veggies. And blanched green peas.

Add 700 ml of water to it and allow it to boil .Once it starts to boil,reduce the heat and put it on sim.Discard bay leaf, cinnamon and cloves,as its added only to get flavour (As i’m not using any vegetable/chicken stock here,getting flavour is necessary)

For this add the ragi paste,stir it and allow it cook. Once it starts to thicken ,turn off the stove.Add salt,pepper powder,lemon juice and coriander leaves.